Eadred Lulisc

Eadred Lulisc (died 878) was the Abbot of Carlisle during the 9th century AD.

Biography
Eadred Lulisc was the Catholic Abbot of Carlisle in Cumberland during the late 9th century, and, in 878, he claimed to have had a nighttime vision of Saint Cuthbert which told him that the Danish Christian slave Guthred would become the Christian savior of Northumbria, leading to him sending an account of this vision in a letter delivered to King Alfred the Great of Wessex by Brother Trew. Uhtred of Bebbanburg rescued Guthred from Kjartan's men, and Eadred crowned Guthred as the King of Cumberland after having him hold Saint Cuthbert's hand and swear an oath. Eadred purchased land from Guthred and founded the Bishopric of St. Cuthbert, and he attempted to move the saint's body from Lindisfarne to Ireland, failing in this objective and instead taking it to Chester-le-Street. Eadred became an advisor to King Guthred, and he was suspicious of Uhtred, believing that he might be a pretender to the throne. After Eadred warned Guthred that Uhtred was too popular among Northumbria's troops, Guthred had Uhtred enslaved and sent to Iceland. Eadred then attempted to force Gisela Harthacnutsdottir to marry the ruler of Bebbanburg, Alferic, to rekindle an alliance. However, Uhtred and Ragnar Ragnarsson interrupted the proxy marriage, and Uhtred killed Eadred after Eadred repeatedly taunted him.